Package: gnome-session Version: 3.8.4-4 Followup-For: Bug #700900 Initially I thought the problem was because gnome-screensaver no longer autostarts (which it doesn't except in Classic mode now, but apparently that is by design and not a bug, although there is a paucity of information by which to learn this fact), however I have since discovered the problem is that, at least in an upgrade from Wheezy scenario, the default configuration is for X Windows to have screen blanking and dpms settings that if not disabled prevent gnome-session from getting the information it needs.
In short, disabling X Windows screen blanking and dpms resolved this issue, but really it should be automatically done on upgrade and/or enabling the gnome-session idle and lock timeout should do the appropriate thing without required arcane CLI stuff (not that I can't do ridiculously long one-liners if need calls for it, but requiring the average user to this sort of thing (if they can even find the appropriate commands, since the information is not readily accesible) is not really viable. Besides even command line gurus don't necessarily want to do everything by hand; this isn't Linux From Scratch or Gentoo after all. Personally as much as I like fine control, I don't want to have spend all my time dealing with configuring my desktop, or spending mental effort on things that I would rather have 'just work', especially when I've got better or at least more urgent things to worry about. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gnome-session depends on: ii gnome-session-bin 3.8.4-4 ii gnome-session-common 3.8.4-4 ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-2+b2 ii gnome-shell 3.8.4-8.1 gnome-session recommends no packages. Versions of packages gnome-session suggests: ii desktop-base 7.0.3 ii gnome-keyring 3.8.2-2+b1 ii gnome-user-guide 3.8.2-1 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
